- Title
- Comparative study of the decomposition of CH₄ in a nonequilibrium plasma and under high temperature pyrolytic conditions
- Creator
- Kennedy, E. M.; Kundu, S. K.; Gaikwad, V. V.; Molloy, T. S.; King, K. M.; Stockenhuber, M.; Mackie, J. C.; Dlugogorski, B. Z.
- Relation
- Australian Combustion Symposium 2013. Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium Australian Combustion Symposium (Perth, W.A. 6-8 November, 2013) p. 214-217
- Relation
- ARC
- Relation
- http://www.anz-combustioninstitute.org/events.php
- Publisher
- Australian & New Zealand Section of the Combustion Institute
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- In this study, the decomposition of methane in a nonequilibrium plasma, where nitrogen and oxygen were excluded from the feed mixture, was investigated. The major product species formed under conditions where the conversion level of methane was relatively high (up to 50 %) were determined. Hydrogen, acetylene, ethylene, ethane and propane were the primary gaseous species identified, and a liquid fraction was detected, which was characterised by ¹H NMR and gel permeation chromatography. The product spectrum formed in the nonequilibrium plasma is compared to the species profile predicted from methane pyrolysis, where the feed composition, residence time and methane conversion levels used in the high temperature pyrolysis simulation matched those in the nonequilibrium plasma experimental reactor.
- Subject
- nonequilibrium plasma; methane; pyrolysis
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1319118
- Identifier
- uon:23788
- Identifier
- ISBN:18398170
- Language
- eng
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